Politics
Obi’s Man Excluded As Wike’s G5 Followers Make Ambassadorial List
By Imman Onyero
Former governors of Abia and Enugu states, Okezie Ikpeazu and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi reputed as associates of the minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Mr Nyesom Wike in the famous G5 have been nominated for ambassadorial appointment, Vanguard has reported.
However, excluded is former governor Sam Ortom of Benue State who reportedly supported Peter Obi in the presidential election in Benue State in 2023.
Besides the duo of Ikpeazu and Ugwuanyi reputed as members of the Wike led G5, also named by the newspaper were Senator Shehu Sani and ex-aide of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, are among those nominated for ambassadorial appointment by the federal government.
Vanguard gathered that they were among those being screened by security agents, pending the release of the list.
Recall that the country’s ambassadors were recalled from their postings almost a year ago without replacement, fuelling concerns over what that would have on Nigeria’s diplomacy.
It was learned yesterday that the resume of those nominated had already been sent to relevant security agencies for background checks.
Although one of the appointees confirmed his appointment on grounds of anonymity, efforts to get others to do same proved abortive.
On why the names of the appointees had not been released, a Presidency official had said anonymously: ‘’They (those appointed) are already doing security checks with the Department of State Service, DSS,.
‘’When they have cleared security checks, we will release the list. Only those who have been cleared are announced. The process is ongoing. I know we should have a list before the end of this month.’’
The nomination of only Ikpeazu and Ugwuanyi in the ambassdorial list it is being speculated may be a fallout of the fact that Ortom was the only one of the lot who actively backed another candidate outside Tinubu in the 2023 presidential election.
However, Tinubu was declared the winner of the presidential election in the PDP state despite Ortom.
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